Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

My Lords, I believe—I am out of my depth for, as the House knows, I am not a believer in any of the Abrahamic faiths—that the position is that the Old and New Testaments are covered, as the Old Testament is plainly regarded as part of the Christian Church’s faith, but it is the Anglican Church. The Irish Supreme Court pointed out that but for the Church of England, there would be no such crime in this country. There is no Church of England in Ireland, therefore they said it was not enforceable in Ireland.